160 i reipe® (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 278! near Paarl, Drége, 8447a! Stellen- 
bosch, Sanderson, 956! Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof and Zwartland, 
Thunderg! Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 98! 
Western Region: Var. 8, Little Namaqualand; near Ookiep, 3000 ft., 
Bolus, 5793! and without precise locality, Masson ! Scully, 147! 
70. G. spathulatus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 223); corm not seen ; 
leaves linear, firm in texture, 1-14 ft. long, }4in. broad, with 
thickened stramineous midrib and edges ; stem | ft. long including 
inflorescence, slender, terete, simple; flowers 4-5 in a very lax 
spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, oblong- 
navicular, an inch long, 4 in. broad ; perianth dull red ; tube slender, 
funnel-shaped, + in. long; upper segment 1} in. long, 3—$ in. broad, 
obovate-spathulate ; 2 side ones rather shorter, similar in shape and 
size ; 3 lower deflexed, brownish-purple, obovate, 4 in. broad, with 
long claws ; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments. 
Katanart ReeGion: Transvaal; De Beer, near the Nylstrom River, Nelson, 
295 ! 
Allied to G. alatus and orchidiflorus, 
71. G. orchidiflorus (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 241); corm globose, 
1 in. diam. ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; basal leaves 
3~4, linear, firm in texture, $~1 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad ; stem 1-1} ft. 
long including inflorescence, usually simple ; flowers 4-6 in a very 
lax spike with a very. flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, 
oblong-lanceolate, 1-1} in. long; perianth greenish-yellow ; tube 
slender, } in. long; upper segment curved over, oblong, an inch long, 
$4 in, broad, with a very distinct claw; side ones much shorter, 
= in. broad, with a short claw ; 3 lower decurved, with an obovate 
lamina 4 in. broad and a long claw ; stamens reaching nearly to the 
tip of the top segments ; anthers 4 the length of the filament. Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 224. G. alatus, Thunb, Diss. No. 15, ex parte; Jacq. 
Ic. t. 259. G. viperatus, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 688; Gen. Irid. 131; 
tae Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 156. G. virescens, Thunb, Fl. Cap. 
i, 196, 
Sour Argica: without locality, Thunberg! Oldenburg ! Thom! Burchell ! 
ob gig dekh Lene 
acu ae : amaq near Koo — 3000 ft., 
72. G@. pulchellus (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 693); corm small, 
globose ; tunics pale brown, membranous; lowest leaf subterete, a 
foot or more long, the other 2-3, superposed, much shorter; stem 
1 ft. long including inflorescence, simple or branched ; flowers 4-8 
in a very lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, green, 
3~{ in. long ; flowers pale pinkish-purple ; perianth-tube 4 in. long; 
mpper segment arched, oblong, with a long claw, 3 in. long, } in. 
broad; side segments shorter, ovate, acute, in. broad; 3 lower 
deflexed, obovate, with a long claw, } in. broad ; stamens reaching 
nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments; anthers } the length of 
